IP Library Granted Patent US 12,232,199
Granted Patent B2
US 12,232,199 · App. 17/771,441 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Technique for performing communication through multi-link in wireless LAN system

Inventors: Suhwook Kim (Seoul, KR); Jeongki Kim (Seoul, KR); Jinsoo Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W76/15H04W28/0236H04W74/0808
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Patent No.
US 12,232,199
App. No.
17/771,441
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A receiving STA of a wireless local area network (LAN) system, according to various embodiments, can support a multi-link including a first link and a second link. The receiving STA can request and receive a link for the transmission of low latency traffic. The receiving STA can transmit the low latency traffic on the basis of a first parameter set through a first link that is set as a link for the transmission of low latency traffic.

Claims (24)

1. A method in a wireless local area network (WAN) system, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a first station (STA), first information including a Multi-User (MU) Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) parameter set which is related to an Uplink (UL) MU transmission of the first STA;

transmitting, by the first STA, an Association Request frame to a second STA, wherein the Association Request frame includes first capability information related to whether the first STA supports priority access related to communicating traffic with a higher priority;

receiving, by the first STA, an Association Response frame from the second STA, wherein the Association Response frame includes second capability information related to whether the second STA supports the priority access;

transmitting, by the first STA, a request signal related to the priority access to the second STA;

based on the request signal, receiving, by the first STA, a response signal related to priority access from the second STA, wherein the response signal includes first information identifying a link related to the priority access and second information containing a parameter used for the priority access on the link; and

managing, by the first STA, an EDCA parameter of the first STA based on the priority access, wherein the first STA ignores updating the EDCA parameter based on the MU EDCA parameter set and updates the EDCA parameter based on an EDCA parameter set used for the priority access while the priority access is enabled.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the EDCA parameter set used for the priority access is set lower than the MU EDCA parameter set, and the EDCA parameter set used for the priority access includes a Contention Window Min (CWmin) value and a Contention Window Max (CWmax) value.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the higher priority is related to a low-latency transmission.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second information carries information allocating radio resources used for the UL MU transmission of the first STA.

5. The method of claim, 1 , wherein the UL MU transmission of the first STA is triggered by a Trigger Frame transmitted by the second STA.

6. A first station (STA) in a wireless local area network (LAN) system, the first STA comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

obtaining first information including a Multi-User (MU) Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) parameter set which is related to an Uplink (UL) MU transmission of the first STA;

transmitting an Association Request frame to a second STA, wherein the Association Request frame includes first capability information related to whether the first STA supports priority access related to communicating traffic with a higher priority;

receiving an Association Response frame from the second STA, wherein the Association Response frame includes second capability information related to whether the second STA supports the priority access;

transmitting a request signal related to the priority access to the second STA;

based on the request signal, receiving a response signal related to priority access from the second STA, wherein the response signal includes first information identifying a link related to the priority access and second information containing a parameter used for the priority access on the link; and

managing an EDCA parameter of the first STA based on the priority access, wherein the first STA ignores updating the EDCA parameter based on the MU EDCA parameter set and updates the EDCA parameter based on an EDCA parameter set used for the priority access while the priority access is enabled.

7. The first STA of claim 6 , wherein the EDCA parameter set used for the priority access is set lower than the MU EDCA parameter set, and the EDCA parameter set used for the priority access includes a Contention Window Min (CWmin) value and a Contention Window Max (CWmax) value.

8. The first STA of claim 6 , wherein the higher priority is related to a low-latency transmission.

9. The first STA of claim 6 , wherein the second information carries information allocating radio resources used for the UL MU transmission of the first STA.

10. The first STA of claim, 6 , wherein the UL MU transmission of the first STA is triggered by a Trigger Frame transmitted by the second STA.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2022
From: KIM, SUHWOOK; KIM, JEONGKI; CHOI, JINSOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0132530 · Oct 23, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220394795A1 · Dec 8, 2022
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